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I'm Praying 1,000,000 Christians Will listen to this · Off The Kirb Ministries

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  This is an apple seed, this is an apple, and this is an apple
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  orchard. One day, a grandfather wanted to
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  teach his grandson a lesson of faith in God, so he diced an
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  apple and pulled out a seed. Boy, do you believe that from
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  this one single seed could come thousands of apples, So many
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  apples that one day you will feed an entire town?
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  The boy paused for a minute and said honestly Grandpa I don't
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  believe it. Fine said the old man.
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  Well I'm going to give you a choice.
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  So he pulled out another seed from the same apple.
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  This is the apple seeds twin and you have a choice.
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  Either I plant my seed into the ground or you can plant yours
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  into the ground. OK grandpa because you have so
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  much faith I trust you and I will plant my seed into the
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  ground. So the little boy went onto his
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  grandpa's farm and went into a big open field and he planted
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  the apple seed. Sure enough, that seed began to
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  grow and it grew into an apple tree only a few years later.
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  From this apple tree came 200 apples.
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  And so the boy took each apple and pulled 5 seeds out.
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  And then he took those seeds and planted them to make 1000 more
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  trees. Years and years went by until
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  eventually the grandson had one of the largest apple orchards in
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  the entire city. And So what did he do?
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  He turned it into his own business.
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  Now around the same time his grandpa sadly had to say
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  goodbye. But in his inheritance he left
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  the grandson not only the whole farm with all the orchards but
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  also his very own well read Bible.
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  On the inside cover of this Bible, the grandpa had glued the
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  other apple seed and simply wrote the words Genesis 18 verse
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  14 beneath. So the grandson decided to turn
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  to this verse. What does it mean, he wondered.
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  These are the words he read. Is anything too hard for the
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  Lord? You see, my dear friend, you
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  don't know how many orchards are in one single apple seed, but
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  you know what I believe? I believe there is someone who
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  is listening to my voice who needs to be asked this exact
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  same question. Is anything too hard for the
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  Lord? You may already know the back
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  story to this question, but just in case you don't, there was a
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  godly man of faith called Abraham.
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  Abraham was promised again and again by God that from his
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  lineage all nations from the world would be blessed.
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  And not only this, that God would multiply Abraham's
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  descendants as numerous as the stars are in the sky.
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  But Abraham had a problem. How many children did he have at
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  this point? 0 And it gets worse.
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  He was 100 years old and his wife Sarah was 90.
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  So when 3 divine visitors told Abraham the news that they were
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  going to have a child next year, Sarah, who had been
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  eavesdropping on the conversation, let out a rather
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  cynical laugh. Here's where it gets scary.
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  The Lord God who hears all things said.
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  Why did Sarah just laugh? Is anything too hard for
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  Jehovah? I am a little embarrassed to
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  admit to this, but am I the only one who can relate to Sarah?
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  My faith is so weak at times. Here Sarah looks at the looming
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  circumstances. She fills her mind with worldly
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  thinking and doubts God and his very promises.
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  Not even God can give me a baby now.
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  Not even the one who created the heavens and the earth can change
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  this situation, she says. Now you might disagree with me,
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  but I think that Sarah was bitter with God.
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  She was bitter at the way her life had turned out.
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  She watched in her lifetime, woman after woman, becoming
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  mothers, and she had no little boy or no little girl to cuddle
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  her at night. I wonder whether Sarah held a
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  grudge towards God. But can I ask you a personal
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  question? Do you hold a grudge towards
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  God? Are you like Sarah, burdened
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  with care and disappointment? Do you look at your life?
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  Do you look at an obstacle that is standing right in front of
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  you, towering over you? And do you feel hopeless?
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  Well, you need to be reminded of this very question.
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  Is anything too difficult for God?
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  Come on now, talk to me. What's wrong in your life?
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  Are you overcome by a certain sin and you've tried to stop it?
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  At the beginning of this year, you made resolutions.
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  This is the year I am going to turn over a new leaf.
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  But as you watch this video today, you remember those
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  resolutions were quickly broken. And now you've resigned yourself
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  to a place of defeat. I'll never break free, you say
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  I'll never overcome this. Well, my friend, is anything too
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  hard for God? You've been mad married for
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  years and years and you've tried everything to make your spouse
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  respect you, to make your marriage better.
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  You've jumped through every hoop and it's still no good.
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  You think I'll never have a godly marriage?
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  Well, is anything too hard for God?
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  You've prayed and prayed for your unconverted children, for
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  your mother, your father, your brother or sister.
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  It's been 30-40 fifty years now and they seem even more
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  resistant than when you first began praying.
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  But let me ask you, is anything too hard for God?
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  You fear tomorrow. What will the weather bring next
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  season? How will I manage in my old age?
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  I'm alone, I don't have enough money in my bank account, my
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  health. How can God provide for me and
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  give me peace in this situation? Is anything too hard for God?
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  Let me let you into a secret. I was watching Cliff connectly
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  over a decade ago, back in 2014. So just let me know right now.
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  If you also used to watch Give Me An Answer way before Cliff
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  and his son Stuart went viral. And I do remember watching Cliff
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  speaking to just 10 or so students on a cold university
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  campus. But here he was, faithfully
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  preaching the gospel. It has made me think.
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  I wonder if you told Cliff that one day those 10 students would
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  turn into 10s of thousands of students who would turn up to
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  listen to him preach on the exact same university campuses.
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  I wonder what Cliff would have said.
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  I wonder what would have gone through Cliff's mind if you told
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  him that. His videos, which used to only
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  get like 5000 views, which is great in itself, but I wonder
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  what he would have thought if you told him one day those
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  videos will get 10 to 15 million views.
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  I wonder what what Cliff would have thought if you told him
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  that one day you are going to preach the gospel on some of the
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  world's biggest podcasts around the world.
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  The Logan Paul Podcast, the Value Entertainment Podcast, and
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  even Alex O'Connor, one of the world's most well known
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  atheists. What would Cliff have said?
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  Now I don't want to speak for him, but I'll tell you what I
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  would have thought. I think, would that really
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  happen? Is that really going to happen?
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  Is Christianity really going to go that viral?
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  Well, I shouldn't think like that.
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  Why? Because it's anything too hard
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  for the Lord. So my dear precious believer,
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  stay faithful in your Christian service.
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  Keep praying. Don't give up.
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  Because we serve a God who is full of surprises.
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  And even if you are listening right now and you believe that
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  you are too far gone, you've crossed the point of no return.
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  Your sin is too huge and your unbelief is too strong.
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  And you say to me, Joe, I can never be saved.
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  Well, what would I say to you? Is anything too hard for God?
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  Trust in the Lord of miracles. You know that people often say,
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  how can God have a son? Well, is anything too hard for
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  the Lord? People say, can Jesus Christ
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  really be fully God and fully man?
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  Well, is anything too hard for the Lord?
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  People often say, how can one man's death 2000 years ago have
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  any impact on me in the 21st century?
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  How can this one man wash away my sins all these years later?
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  Well, is anything too hard for God?
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  People say, how can anyone come back from the grave, from the
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  dead after three days? It's impossible my friend.
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  Is anything too hard for God? OK, so I do apologise if I've
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  got this wrong, but I do wonder if the Lord is speaking to you
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  right now. If that's the case, while you
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  can still hear his voice ringing in your ears, tell God that you
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  want to commit your life to Him. Tell God if you are a Christian
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  already, that you need strength to gain victory over this sin.
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  And if you're not a Christian, tell God that you want your sins
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  washed away and you want to throw away all of your unbelief
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  and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Just tell Him right now that you want to be saved and He will
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  save you, because nothing is too hard for the Lord.
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  This next part's a little, a little bit important, so you
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  might just want to catch this. But right now, as you and I
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  speak, I'm on a little journey myself.
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  You see, God very recently has taken me through a dark valley
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  and He's been doing a new work in me.
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  I don't know if you've noticed, but there are some things that I
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  do want to share with you. There are some messages that I
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  believe the Lord has laid on my heart to share with those of you
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  who subscribe to this channel. And if you've missed any of
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  those recent lessons that I've been trying to share, please,
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  please click here because I'd love you to hear them as well.